1 The word of the Lord which came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam, the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 The start of the word of the Lord by Hosea: And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take for yourself a wife of loose ways, and children of the same, for the land has been untrue to the Lord. 3 So he took as his wife Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim, and she gave birth to a son. 4 And the Lord said to him, Give him the name of Jezreel, for after a little time I will send punishment for the blood of Jezreel on the line of Jehu, and put an end to the kingdom of Israel. 5 And in that day I will let the bow of Israel be broken in the valley of Jezreel. 6 And after that she gave birth to a daughter. And the Lord said, Give her the name Lo-ruhamah; for I will not again have mercy on Israel, to give them forgiveness. 7 But I will have mercy on Judah and will give them salvation by the Lord their God, but not by the bow or the sword or by fighting or by horses or horsemen. 8 Now when Lo-ruhamah had been taken from the breast, the woman gave birth to a son. 9 And the Lord said, Give him the name Lo-ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be your God. 10 But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God 11 And the children of Israel and the children of Judah will come together and take for themselves one head, and will go up from the land, for great will be the day of Jezreel.
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Beeri
Diblaim
Named as the father of Gomer, whom Hosea married.
Cited in the guide: Hosea 1:3
Gomer
The daughter of Diblaim whom Hosea married; she bore him a son and later bore a daughter and another son.
Cited in the guide: Hosea 1:3; Hosea 1:6; Hosea 1:8
Hosea
The prophet to whom the word of the LORD came in the days of Uzziah to Hezekiah and of Jeroboam, whom the LORD told to take a prostitute as wife.
Cited in the guide: Hosea 1:1; Hosea 1:2; Hosea 1:4
Jezreel
The son born to Gomer whom the LORD told Hosea to name Jezreel, for He would soon bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu.
Cited in the guide: Hosea 1:4
Lo-ammi
The son born to Gomer after Lo-ruhamah was weaned, whom the LORD told Hosea to name Lo-ammi, meaning not My people. Hosea 1:8 says Gomer bore him; unlike Jezreel ('bore him a…
Cited in the guide: Hosea 1:9
Lo-ruhamah
The daughter born to Gomer whom the LORD told Hosea to name Lo-ruhamah, meaning no compassion. Hosea 1:6 says Gomer bore her; unlike Jezreel ('bore him a son', 1:3), the text does…
Cited in the guide: Hosea 1:6; Hosea 1:8
Cross references (10)
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- 1 Romans 9:25; Isaiah 1:1; Micah 1:1; Amos 1:1; 2 Peter 1:21
- 2 Hosea 2:4–5; Hosea 3:1; Deuteronomy 31:16; Psalm 106:39; Jeremiah 3:9
- 3 Isaiah 8:1–3
- 4 2 Kings 10:10–11; 2 Kings 10:7–8; Jeremiah 3:8; 2 Kings 10:29–31; Hosea 1:6
- 5 Judges 6:33; Joshua 17:16; Jeremiah 51:56; Psalm 37:15; Psalm 46:9
- 6 1 Peter 2:10; Hosea 2:23; Isaiah 27:11; 2 Kings 17:6; Hosea 2:4
- 7 Zechariah 4:6; Isaiah 12:2; 2 Kings 19:35; Psalm 44:3–6; Hosea 11:12
- 9 Jeremiah 15:1
- 10 2 Corinthians 6:18; Galatians 4:6–7; John 1:12; Romans 9:25–28; 1 Peter 2:9–10
- 11 Hosea 3:5; Isaiah 11:12–13; Jeremiah 50:4–5; Jeremiah 31:33; Jeremiah 23:5–8
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For this reason did Hosea the prophet take "a wife of whoredoms," prophesying by means of the action, "that in committing fornication the earth should fornicate from the Lord," that is, the men who are upon the earth; and from men of this stamp it will be God's good pleasure to take out a Church which shall be sanctified by …
At the beginning of the book of the prophet Hosea, who is placed first of twelve, it is written, "The word of the Lord which came to Hosea in the days of Uzziah, Jothan, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah." Amos also writes that he prophesied in the days of Uzziah, and adds the name of Jeroboam king of Israel, …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
He says, "And it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, there they shall be called the sons of the living God." Even the apostles understood this as a prophetic testimony of the calling of the nations who did not formerly belong to God; and because this same …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)
… children of Abraham, and for that reason is rightly called Israel, therefore he goes on to say, "And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together in one, and shall appoint themselves one headship, and shall ascend from the earth." We should but weaken the savor of this prophetic oracle if we set ourselves to …
Read in context · Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, series 1, vol. 2 (1887)